Hello,
I wondered what is the best way to close the gap between 2 adjacent loft conversions?
We have just had ours done and our neighbour will do their's soon. We both have to build pretty much full width as the houses are narrow and if the cheek of the dormer is brought in from the boundary, the stairs cannot go above the existing stairs and we would have to lose a chunk of the box bedroom.
The studwork for our dormer cheek sits 4 cm off the party wall. By the time you add fireproofing, OSB, batons and tiles, the outer face of our dormer cheek is about 3 cm inside the centre line of the party wall. I imagine it would be difficult for our neighbour to tile the cheek of their dormer. I was told it doesn't have to be tiled as long as the gap between the 2 dormers is weatherproofed.
What is the best way of sealing that gap between the 2 dormers?
Do our corner tiles on that side have to come off so the gap can be tiled or is there an easier way of doing it?
Also does our fascia board on that side have to come off?
Also is it better for us both to have our own gutter and downpipe or share our downpipe and have 1 gutter?
Its taken over a year to get ours done as the loft company had to correct so many mistakes. I'd like to avoid disturbing our loft as much as possible but we don't want to impede our neighbours development in any way.
Any advice would be much appreciated
I wondered what is the best way to close the gap between 2 adjacent loft conversions?
We have just had ours done and our neighbour will do their's soon. We both have to build pretty much full width as the houses are narrow and if the cheek of the dormer is brought in from the boundary, the stairs cannot go above the existing stairs and we would have to lose a chunk of the box bedroom.
The studwork for our dormer cheek sits 4 cm off the party wall. By the time you add fireproofing, OSB, batons and tiles, the outer face of our dormer cheek is about 3 cm inside the centre line of the party wall. I imagine it would be difficult for our neighbour to tile the cheek of their dormer. I was told it doesn't have to be tiled as long as the gap between the 2 dormers is weatherproofed.
What is the best way of sealing that gap between the 2 dormers?
Do our corner tiles on that side have to come off so the gap can be tiled or is there an easier way of doing it?
Also does our fascia board on that side have to come off?
Also is it better for us both to have our own gutter and downpipe or share our downpipe and have 1 gutter?
Its taken over a year to get ours done as the loft company had to correct so many mistakes. I'd like to avoid disturbing our loft as much as possible but we don't want to impede our neighbours development in any way.
Any advice would be much appreciated
